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Pact and Equity agree actors' pay deal
Producers' alliance Pact and actors' union Equity have agreed a new television deal which will halve the amount broadcasters have to pay actors for repeats between 4pm and 6pm and 10.30pm and 11pm. In addition, broadcasters will now make a further saving of 4.5% on repeat fees if the repeat ...
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Format focus: Studio 7
Studio 7, which debuted in the US last week on The WB, is a none-too-subtle mixture of Weakest Link-style grilling ...
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Mahoney moves to C4I from BBC
Channel 4 International (C4I) has poached BBC Worldwide senior commissioning editor Joe Mahoney to take up the new role of head of commercial development.
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Zeppotron lands C4 smut show
Endemol UK subsidiary Zeppotron is to help Channel 4 sex up its late evening slot with a new show chronicling the smuttiest moments from TV and cinema.
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Trainspotting actor to star in C4 drama
IWC Media has recruited Trainspotting star Ewan Bremner (above) for a one-off drama about an ME sufferer and a wheelchair-bound war film fanatic with multiple sclerosis who get together to perform a terrorist act. The Baader Meinhoff Gang Show , ...
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S4C prepares to go digital
Welsh channel S4C is to bolster its art, current affairs and children's output in preparation for its switch to a digital-only Welsh language service.
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C4 ties up Ramsay
Channel 4 has locked Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay into an exclusive three-year UK deal. The deal, which will run until July 2007, gives C4 exclusive rights for all of Ramsay's UK television output. Over the next three years, Ramsay will star in a range of shows produced by indie Optomen ...
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BBC3 to air Graham Norton's US show
BBC3 has acquired Graham Norton's US chat show in a move that will keep the camp comic exclusively on the BBC.
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BBC2 series to organise lives
Personal time management could be the hot new lifestyle genre after BBC2 controller Roly Keating ordered a series that aims to help streamline people's lives.
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BBC1 lines up fourth series of spooks
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered a fourth run of hit spy drama Spooks. The series, about a group of MI5 agents, will be made by indie Kudos. The third series, due to air on BBC1 in ...
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Ofcom fines porn channel£50,000
Ofcom has imposed its first fine on a broadcaster. Satellite channel XplicitXXX, owned by the Digital Television Production Company, was ordered to pay£50,000 for broadcasting unencrypted hardcore sex between 8.30pm and 10pm on 8 April this year by mistake.
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NewsDigital switchover set to cost£1bn
Broadcasters have told media secretary Tessa Jowell that the cost of digital switchover could be as high as£1bn.
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NewsPact warns ITV over terms of trade
Pact chief executive John McVay fired a warning shot at ITV this week, saying he was very near to making a formal complaint to Ofcom if the broadcaster does not begin new terms of trade discussions with independent producers very soon.
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NewsBBC halts£6m film as Equity cries foul
A£6m BBC project to create a big-screen movie made entirely by amateurs is facing the axe amid criticism from actors' union Equity that it would deprive professional actors of work.
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NewsFive show puts celebs in 19th-century farm
Five's new reality show from Big Brother producer Endemol will challenge celebrities to fend for themselves on a 19th-century farm.
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Pact pushes for better radio deal
Producers' alliance Pact is lobbying the BBC in an attempt to secure improved terms of trade for its members that make radio programmes.
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BBC to send soap stars to Africa
Characters from BBC1 soaps such as EastEnders could find themselves in Africa next summer as part of plans to relocate the channel to the continent for a week of special programming.
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NewsSambrook: Hutton no longer an issue for us
Outgoing BBC director of news Richard Sambrook claimed this week the Hutton inquiry was no longer an issue for the corporation's journalists.
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Crown Media ends Hallmark bidding
The deadline for firm bids for Crown Media's international Hallmark business closed this week, with Japanese giant Sony tipped as the strongest bidder.